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Traffic fines, plastic surgery babe rejects beauty pageant's offer

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Today's Front Page of The Day is the Beijing Morning Post. The headlines are:

Drivers who break traffic laws should be fined at least 50 Yuan

Beijing plans to renovate 500 old elevators this year

'Paddle' again after 50 years (about the 50th anniversary of a song called 'Let us Paddle'; the large image is of the composer, Qiao Yu)

$4000 million investment agreements signed by CHITEC


Headlines from other newspapers, are below:

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Beijing Youth Daily 北京青年报纸
首批非典疫苗受试者体温正常
First SARS vaccine volunteers body temperature stays normal
- How did they get people to volunteer?
杨媛当众撕毁恢复比赛通知
Artificial beauty Yang Yuan tore up re-invitation notice
- Yang Yuan was kicked out of the Miss Intercontinental Beauty Pageant because she had had plastic surgery. The pageant then changed its mind and decided that she could compete.

The Beijing News 新京报
密云事故责任人将被公诉
Person responsible for Miyun accident to be prosecuted
- The accident happened earlier in the year when a bridge collapsed during Spring Festival, killing 37 people
国家大剧院穿上“透视装”
"Perspective clothing" installed on National Theatre
- I.e. the first piece of the new Theater's glass wall was installed. There are another 1125 pieces to be installed
中国反对吕秀莲“过境”美国
China opposes [Taiwan Vice President] Annette Lu "passing through" US

People's Daily 人民日报
世界银行全球扶贫大会开幕,温家宝出席并发表重要讲话
World Bank global poverty reduction conference opens, Premier Wen attends and delivers important speech

Beijing Daily Messenger 信报
幼儿园“兴趣班”全叫停
'Interest classes' in kindergardens ordered to stop
- The 'interest classes' seem to be a way for schools to scam extra money from the parents.

Beijing Evening News 北京晚报
邀请28个市民家庭见证奥运火炬
28 Beijing families invited to see Olympic torch at Mutianyu Great Wall

Beijing Times 京华时报
夜查黑窝
Night inspections of shacks
- Cops clamp down on nighttime illegal slaughter of pigs

Shanghai Xinmin Evening News 新民晚报
迷途的少年,你快回来
Misled youth, come back home
- Obviously news of great importance

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